The Cloth Of The Mother Goddess

Author : Gita Wolf,Dakshina Murthy K
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Artists' books
ISBN : 9383145315

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The Cloth of the Mother Goddess by Gita Wolf,Dakshina Murthy K Pdf

Hand block-printed on textile, this limited-edition artists' book consists of a sequence of folding panels, designed to invoke pre-modern - particularly Asian - traditions of bookmaking. At the same time, the panels recall and recreate a Mata-Ni-Pachedi - the ritual 'Cloth of the Mother Goddess' - and tell the story of its origins. The textile book is accompanied by a film on the artist and his art tradition. The tactility of the book, invoking the labour and craft that have gone into its creation, is offset by the digital documentary which brings in context and history; together, the juxtaposition of the two approaches expands the frontiers of the book form, while deepening the viewer's enjoyment and understanding of the art tradition. The images featured in the book have been painted by Jagdish Chitara, who belongs to the Waghari community of artisans from Gujarat in western India. Poor and marginalised, they paint and block-print votive textiles for other so-called outcaste communities, equally disenfranchised in the Hindu caste hierarchy. Worshippers who are barred from entering temples offer a painted image of their particular guardian goddess to herself, in the form of a textile shrine. This poignant tradition, deemed low, in fact, expresses a sublime conception of the power of art: gifting a piece of creation to the creator is considered the highest form of worship. This is a notion of transcendence that appears to stretch across cultures and times.

Author : Joan Erikson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Kâlî (Hindu deity)
ISBN : UOM:39015007203832

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Mata Ni Pachedi by Joan Erikson Pdf

Author : Michael Hann
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780857854902

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Symbol, Pattern and Symmetry by Michael Hann Pdf

Symbol, Pattern and Symmetry: The Cultural Significance of Structure investigates how pattern and symbol has functioned in visual arts, exploring how connections and comparisons in geometrical pattern can be made across different cultures and how the significance of these designs has influenced craft throughout history. The book features illustrative examples of symbol and pattern from a wide range of historical and cultural contexts, from Byzantine, Persian and Assyrian design, to case studies of Japanese and Chinese patterns. Looking at each culture's specific craft style, Hann shows how the visual arts are underpinned with a strict geometric structure, and argues that understanding these underlying structures enables us to classify and compare data from across cultures and historical periods. Richly illustrated with both colour and black and white images, and with clear, original commentary, the book enables students, practitioners, teachers and researchers to explore the historical and cultural significance of symbol and pattern in craft and design, ultimately displaying how a geometrical dialogue in design can be established through history and culture.

Author : Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1997-05-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780809380947

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Women Filmmakers of the African & Asian Diaspora by Gwendolyn Audrey Foster Pdf

Black women filmmakers not only deserve an audience, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster asserts, but it is also imperative that their voices be heard as they struggle against Hollywood’s constructions of spectatorship, ownership, and the creative and distribution aspects of filmmaking. Foster provides a voice for Black and Asian women in the first detailed examination of the works of six contemporary Black and Asian women filmmakers. She also includes a detailed introduction and a chapter entitled "Other Voices," documenting the work of other Black and Asian filmmakers. Foster analyzes the key films of Zeinabu irene Davis, "one of a growing number of independent Black women filmmakers who are actively constructing [in the words of bell hooks] ‘an oppositional gaze’"; British filmmaker Ngozi Onwurah and Julie Dash, two filmmakers working with time and space; Pratibha Parmar, a Kenyan/Indian-born British Black filmmaker concerned with issues of representation, identity; cultural displacement, lesbianism, and racial identity; Trinh T. Minh-ha, a Vietnamese-born artist who revolutionized documentary filmmaking by displacing the "voyeuristic gaze of the ethnographic documentary filmmaker"; and Mira Nair, a Black Indian woman who concentrates on interracial identity.

Author : David Leeming,Christopher Fee
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781780235387

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The Goddess by David Leeming,Christopher Fee Pdf

For as long as we have sought god, we have found the goddess. Ruling over the imaginations of humankind’s earliest agricultural civilizations, she played a critical spiritual role as a keeper of nature’s fertile powers and an assurance of the next sustaining harvest. In The Goddess, David Leeming and Christopher Fee take us all the way back into prehistory, tracing the goddess across vast spans of time to tell the epic story of the transformation of belief and what it says about who we are. Leeming and Fee use the goddess to gaze into the lives and souls of the people who worshipped her. They chart the development of traditional Western gender roles through an understanding of the transformation of concepts of the Goddess from her earliest roots in India and Iran to her more familiar faces in Ireland and Iceland. They examine the subordination of the goddess to the god as human civilizations became mobile and began to look upon masculine deities for assurances of survival in movement and battle. And they show how, despite this history, the goddess has remained alive in our spiritual imaginations, in figures such as the Christian Virgin Mother and, in contemporary times, the new-age resurrection of figures such as Gaia. The Goddess explores this central aspect of ancient spiritual thought as a window into human history and the deepest roots of our beliefs.

Author : Nigel Graddon
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781948803687

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Crystals, Mother Earth and the Forces of Living Nature by Nigel Graddon Pdf

The theme of this new book from Nigel Graddon is Mother Earth and her magnificent powers, both visible and invisible. In extolling Mother Earth’s virtues in the face of humanity’s increasing assaults upon nature, Graddon presents a three-part narrative through the medium of crystal, “solidified light,” according to the ancients. Part 1, Physical Crystal, describes the origins of the Universe and our Earth, and the gradual evolution of the mineral kingdom in its diverse forms, which find their highest vibrational power in the mysterious world of crystal. Part 2, Amazing Crystal, examines mind-blowing uses of crystal in the past and present, and in its future potential. Among its highlights are in the past the Great Pyramids original crystal tip, the amazing legend of the Rose Queen Goddess of Languedoc, Dr. Dee’s scrying mirror and amethyst pendant, and the Black Stone and the Goddess; present day applications in science, technology and health; and exotic future applications such as Time Crystals and Quasicrystals. An extensive Part 3, Living Crystal, observes that Goddess worship as a symbol of humanity’s love for Mother Nature prevailed until relatively recently in our very long history upon Earth. Graddon examines this phenomenon in the context of the forces of living nature that maintain and nourish the physical experience. Special focus is put on the history of Goddess worship and its mysterious initiation rites. This is followed by an analysis of Mother Earth’s living forces, including the legendary Crystal Skulls of Mesoamerica; the true nature and origins of crop circles and UFOs; the work of the Elementals (the caretakers and pulse of Nature) in planet maintenance; Man, Nature and the Ancient Wisdoms; the role of the classical Four Elements in determining mans metaphysical make-up; the challenges involved in going beyond the Subconscious Mind towards a more unified and balanced experience in living life on this beautiful planet in partnership with Mother Earth and not as adversaries; an investigation of the invisible crystal structure of the Earth and its connectivity with human crystalline DNA; the power of crystals in health and healing, including color, especially as it relates to the human aura. The book concludes with an account of a San Franciscan residents amazing journey back in time to the heart of a mysterious crystal skull community in Chile’s Andean mountains. The book is populated throughout by scores of illustrations and images.

Author : Vassilios Fanos,Murat Yurdakök
Publisher : Hygeia Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9788898636433

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Children of the Mother Goddess. History of Mediterranean Neonates by Vassilios Fanos,Murat Yurdakök Pdf

The leading elements in this volume are the cultural representation of birth and the forms through which its narration and representation develop in the figurative arts, through historical references, mythological tales and legends, traditions, customs and habits. The influence of myth, language and artistic expression on our cultural representation of procreation is manifest, and this way of “narrating” birth resists even today, although it comes into conflict with a more scientific vision of pregnancy and childbirth. With this book we believe we have contributed to an in-depth examination of illness narratives, thus favouring the search for a convergence between medical language in the sector and the language of cultural experience so that evidence-based medicine does not clash with narrative-based medicine, but that the two languages come together towards a reciprocity that will strengthen the alliance between physician and patient.

Author : Lynn Sweeting
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-18
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781365406386

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The WomanSpeak Journal 2010: Vol. 5 | 2010 by Lynn Sweeting Pdf

The WomanSpeak Journal, Vol 5/2010, edited by Lynn Sweeting and published by WomanSpeak Books of The Bahamas, is a biennial literary journal featuring poetry, fiction, fairytales, art and photography by Caribbean women. The Journal seeks to nurture Caribbean women's creativity by publishing the best new women's literature from the Caribbean and by bringing their work to a wider audience today and preserving it for future generations. WomanSpeak is dedicated to amplifying women's literary voices, creating community and dialogue among Caribbean women authors and artists, and to making world-class books that will inspire a new generation of Caribbean women to read, and to write.

Author : Heather Elgood
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780304707393

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Hinduism and the Religious Arts by Heather Elgood Pdf

The roots between the Hindu religion and the wider culture are deep and uniquely complex. No study of either ancient or contemporary Indian culture can be undertaken without a clear understanding of Hindu visual arts and their sources in religious belief and practice. Defining what is meant by religion - no such term exists in Sanskrit - and what is understood by Hindu ideals of beauty, Heather Elgood provides the best synthesis and critical study of recent scholarship on the topic. In addition, this book offers critical background information for anyone interested in the social and anthropological roots of artistic creativity, as well as the rites, practices and beliefs of the hundreds of millions of Hindus in the world today.

Author : Sharon Leah,Michael Fallon
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738712147

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Llewellyn's 2012 Witches' Spell-A-Day Almanac by Sharon Leah,Michael Fallon Pdf

Bring a spark of magic to every day with this one-of-a-kind spellbook. Designed for beginning witches and busy spellcasters, the bewitchments, meditations, and recipes in these pages are wonderfully simple yet powerful. Carry a mojo bag for prosperity, create a snow angel blessing, use flower fascination to attract good fortune . . . and much more. Tailored to each day's magical and astrological energies, these enchantments will help you honor holidays, achieve goals, and enhance your spellcraft. Choosing the perfect spell or ritual is a snap--each is cross-referenced by purpose: love and relationships, health, money/success, protection, home and garden, travel and communication, and earth/world. You'll also find space for making notes, plus tips for creating your own spells. --A magical terms glossary --Pagan holidays and lore --Daily color and incense correspondences --Planetary influences for each day --Moon signs and phases New in this year's edition: the addition of void-of-course Moon data, lovely new artwork, and introductions by the contributors. Contributors include many emerging and well-known witches and writers: Chandra Alexandre, Elizabeth Barrette, Deborah Blake, Boudica, Dallas Jennifer Cobb, Raven Digitalis, Ellen Dugan, Ember Grant, James Kambos, Magenta, Mickie Mueller, Paniteowl, Sue Pesznecker, Kelly Proudfoot, and Tess Whitehurst.

Author : Sumathi Ramaswamy
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822391531

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The Goddess and the Nation by Sumathi Ramaswamy Pdf

Making the case for a new kind of visual history, The Goddess and the Nation charts the pictorial life and career of Bharat Mata, “Mother India,” the Indian nation imagined as mother/goddess, embodiment of national territory, and unifying symbol for the country’s diverse communities. Soon after Mother India’s emergence in the late nineteenth century, artists, both famous and amateur, began to picture her in various media, incorporating the map of India into her visual persona. The images they produced enabled patriotic men and women in a heterogeneous population to collectively visualize India, affectively identify with it, and even become willing to surrender their lives for it. Filled with illustrations, including 100 in color, The Goddess and the Nation draws on visual studies, gender studies, and the history of cartography to offer a rigorous analysis of Mother India’s appearance in painting, print, poster art, and pictures from the late nineteenth century to the present. By exploring the mutual entanglement of the scientifically mapped image of India and a (Hindu) mother/goddess, Sumathi Ramaswamy reveals Mother India as a figure who relies on the British colonial mapped image of her dominion to distinguish her from the other goddesses of India, and to guarantee her novel status as embodiment, sign, and symbol of national territory. Providing an exemplary critique of ideologies of gender and the science of cartography, Ramaswamy demonstrates that images do not merely reflect history; they actively make it. In The Goddess and the Nation, she teaches us about pictorial ways of learning the form of the nation, of how to live with it—and ultimately to die for it.

Author : Purva Buch
Publisher : BOOKSQUIRREL
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Scarce Textiles Part 1 by Purva Buch Pdf

This book will lead us knowing about the textiles which are getting extinct. Indian Ancient Heritage and Culture is bring wiped out. And many of us are not aware about it. We have almost forgot to count on the fabrics which have helped us to build the tradition and culture. Even some of these are sustainable and are protecting environment. But we are so much involved in being fashionable that we forgot some of these beautiful pieces. Purva Buch is very simple and modish Fashion Designer who is willing to save the environment so she focuses on developing the Sustainable Brand. She is the Founder of “ Ranki Designs – A Sustainable Label”. She is the proud faculty of INIFD. She was shortlisted for “India Runway Week Season” which is now merged with Lakme Fashion Week. She has very excellent sense of creativity in fashion. This book of hers will make us know the various clothing which have set an example for many.

Author : Laurel Kendall
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780520298668

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Mediums and Magical Things by Laurel Kendall Pdf

Statues, paintings, and masks—like the bodies of shamans and spirit mediums—give material form and presence to otherwise invisible entities, and sometimes these objects are understood to be enlivened, agentive on their own terms. This book explores how magical images are expected to work with the shamans and spirit mediums who tend and use them in contemporary South Korea, Vietnam, Myanmar, Bali, and elsewhere in Asia. It considers how such things are fabricated, marketed, cared for, disposed of, and sometimes transformed into art-market commodities and museum artifacts.

Author : Sharon Paice MacLeod
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780786471386

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The Divine Feminine in Ancient Europe by Sharon Paice MacLeod Pdf

This book is an exploration of the spiritual traditions of ancient Europe, focusing on the numinous presence of the divine feminine in Russia, Central Europe, France, Britain, Ireland and the northern regions. Drawing upon research in archaeology, history, sociology, anthropology and the study of religions to connect the reader with the myths and symbols of the European traditions, the book shows how the power of European goddesses and holy women evolved through the ages, adapting to climate change and social upheaval, but continually reflecting the importance of living in an harmonious relationship with the environment and the spirit world. From the cave painting of southern France to ancient Irish tombs, from shamanic rituals to Arthurian legends, the divine feminine plays an essential role in understanding where we have come from and where we are going. Comparative examples from other native cultures, and quotes from spiritual leaders around the world, set European religions in context with other indigenous cultures.

Author : Helena Goscilo,Beth Holmgren
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0253210445

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Russia • Women • Culture by Helena Goscilo,Beth Holmgren Pdf

Een aantal essays over de culturele bijdrage die Russische vrouwen geleverd hebben aan de Russische beschaving. De volgende bijdragen zijn opgenomen: The second fantasy mother, or all baths are women's baths / door Nancy Condee; Keeping a-breast of the waist-land: women's fashion in early-nineteenth-century Russia / door Helena Goscilo; Female fashion, Soviet style: bodies of ideology / door Ol'ga Vainshtein; Getting under their skin: the beauty salon in Russian women's lives / door Nadezhda Azhgikhina en Helena Goscilo; Domestic porkbarreling in nineteenth-century Russia, or who holds the keys to the larder / door Darra Goldstein; The ritual fabrics of Russian village women / door Mary B. Kelly; Dirty women: cultural connotations of cleanliness in Soviet Russia / door Nadya L. Peterson; Women on the verge of new language: Russian salon hostesses in the first half of the nineteenth century / door Lina Bernstein; Stepping out/going under: women Russia's twentieth-century salons / door Beth Holmgren; Pleasure, danger, and the dance: nineteenth-century Russian variations / door Stephanie Sandler; "The incomparable" Anastasiia Vial'tsva and the culture of personality / door Louise McReynolds; Flirting with words: domestic albums, 1770-1840 / Gitta Hammarberg; Gendering the icon: marketing women writers in fin-de-siècle Russia / door Beth Holmgren; Domestic crafts and creative freedom: Russian women's art / door Alison Hilton.